Happy Holidays

Only 19 more days until Christmas! We are excited and we hope you all are too! The Miller family has been busy already this month. We had the pleasure of going to Utah for the weekend to visit Sean’s family. His brother Tyler has just returned from the Lisbon, Portugal mission. He spent a couple hours showing us pictures from his mission sharing some memories he made there. What a beautiful place to share the gospel! We had a really great time with Sean’s family. We went to “breakfast with Santa,” looked at Christmas lights, played in the snow, exchanged family Christmas gifts, and had a great time laughing and visiting. Katelyn had a lot of fun playing with her cousins. Here is a picture of them having a realistic “tea party” with water and crackers.


Here are some of the pictures from the "Breakfast with Santa."

We also had the opportunity to take a family photo with everyone there including McCall’s fiancé. They got engaged a couple of days before we arrived so that was exciting news to be a part of. While we were there, we had the opportunity to meet her sweetheart, Josh. He is a really great guy and we are happy for them both. Looks like we will be returning to Utah in March for their wedding.

The snowstorm was a wonderful treat. We put on some warm clothing and headed out to play in it. We made snow angels, chased each other with snowballs, and sled down a small hill. Katelyn and her cousin Zach had a lot of fun playing together. Brayden didn’t last very long in the cold though. He didn’t like not being able to move very well. Here is Katelyn on the morning after it snowed.



It was Brayden’s first time flying. He did pretty good, but as you can see, we were a little bit cramped coming home. Katelyn has been so many times we have lost count. As you can see it is more fun for her the older she gets because she knows more of what is going on. A day after we got home, she woke up and said, "Can we go on the airplane to see Grandma Nancy again today?" I had to explain to her that it was a little harder than it may seem to do that, but I told her we would go and visit again soon!












The drive home from the airport is about three hours, but the kids slept while we talked. We followed this beautiful sunset for almost an hour. This is the first Missouri sunset we have been able to capture on camera. Isn't it beautiful? My dad called me that night we got home and said that his mother had died in her sleep. She was 94 years old and her husband has already passed on as well. We are happy for them to finally be together again. His temple work has been done, but she was not a member so we will have to wait another year to do hers. The neat timing of this sunset was that my dad said his father's favorite color was red. The predominate color of this sunset the night grandma passed away was red. Just a special tender mercy that God has given to us in our moment of grief. We will miss our "grandma Wilber," but we know she is happy to be with her sweetheart again.